Violence erupted in Tehran on Wednesday as Iranian security forces clashed with thousands of anti-government demonstrators who were seeking to disrupt a state-sponsored rally marking the 30th anniversary of the takeover of the US Embassy.

Hamid Karzai was handed a second term as President of Afghanistan on Monday when poll officials scrapped the second round of voting following the withdrawal of his challenger.

Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah withdrew Sunday from the upcoming runoff election against President Hamid Karzai, saying that the government is not meeting his demands for a fair vote.

A huge fire erupted in a fuel storage facility in India Thursday night, killing at least 12 people and injuring around 150.

A powerful car bomb tore through a packed marketplace in Pakistan’s northwest city of Peshawar on Wednesday. The massive explosion occurred a couple of hours after U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton arrived in Islamabad, for three days of talks with Pakistani leaders.

A Frenchman with multiple convictions for sexual crimes went on trial on Monday charged with kidnapping and raping a five-year-old boy. The case has prompted officials to consider castration for repeat offenders.

Early casualty figures were unclear, but CNN, citing Iraqi officials, initially reported at least 74 dead and as many as 265 injured. Those numbers are likely to climb.

Finland based mobile phone giant Nokia is suing Apple for infringing patents on mobile phone technology for the iPhone.

Nokia filed the suit in the United States Thursday, saying Apple had infringed 10 patents covering wireless data, speech coding, security and encryption.

Hansen, owner of the Monster Energy Drink is attacking a small company (Rock Art Brewery) in Vermont who is brewing beer called Vermonster.

Thirty-two new planets have just been discovered, some five times the mass of Earth and others far bigger than Jupiter. But don’t bother going outside, it’s not like you’re going to see them or anything. These alien orbs are outside of our solar system.

Verizon is set to launch anti-iPhone attack ads titled “Droid Does” to sway smart phone buyers towards the Motorola Android phone. The very first Droid-Does ad released tonight attacked the iPhone’s lack of features such as lack of flash support and more.